Movie Information
Overall Rank: 2781
Average Rating: 2.8/4
# of Ratings: 88
Theatrical Release Date: 07/25/1980
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, Dennis Franz, David Margulies
Plot: A woman has an affair with a psychologist, only to fall prey to a brutal murder. A prostitute witnesses her killing and soon becomes the next target. -- Chris Kavan
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Rating of
2.5/4
Daniela Bonesso - wrote on 01/28/2025
Half Star: I am surprised Michael Caine's career survived this movie. 4 Stars: Nancy Allen is phenomenal here and the cinematography is exquisite and stylish. Hence my 2.5 Stars Rating. I have mixed feelings about this movie: Michael Caine is so out of place here and completely phoned in his acting. Nancy Allen is perfectly seductive and charismatic, and her team-up and consequently friendship with the first victim's geeky inventor son (Keith Gordon) is endearing and believable. What's up with that final scene in the loony bin? Am I watching a worse version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show? (a movie I love by the way). This move is equal parts cool and cheesy. Having said that though, I recommend it ;)
Rating of
3.5/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 10/07/2023
Initially met with polarized responses when first released and De Palma was still cutting his teeth as a director, "Dressed to Kill" still has its share of detractors for various reasons but has also garnered warmer appraisal as a genuine killer thriller akin to the Hitchcock masterpiece "Psycho."
Rating of
3/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 08/21/2022
Brian De Palma flexes his chops in this Hitchockian erotic thriller. Perhaps it owes a little too much to Psycho. But it's suspenseful with good performances and De Palma's direction lends it plenty of style.
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